Color-sphere and mount.



Patented Jan. 9, 1900. A. H. MUNSELL.

COLOR SPHERE AND MOUNT.

(Application filed Apr 14, 1899.3 No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT Erica.

ALBERT H. MUNSELL, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLOR-SPHEREAND MOUNT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,792, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed April 14, 1899.

To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MUNSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Device for the Study and Arrange ment of Colors, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates, first, to the arrangement of colors upon a sphere so as to present the gradation of each color from light to dark;

second, the placing of six equidistant colors of the solar spectrum around the equator of a sphere,with regular gradation to white at one pole and of similar gradation to black at the opposite pole third, the mounting of such color-sphere so that it may be rotated upon the extremities of any desired axis, and, fourth, the combination of such color-sphere with a mirror so placed as to present simultaneously to the eye the visible and invisible portions of its surface. I attain these ends by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan. Fig. 2 is an oblique view in the direction of the arrow S to show the mirror which serves to make visible the farther side of the sphere.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. r

A globe or sphere is held between two slightly-hollowed disks or friction-chucks J K, having small pin-points for additional security, and these disks J K are free to revolve in a metal support L M, secured to a mirrorframe A C D E, holding a mirror A C D E. Any rate of revolution is given to the sphere by means of the hand or by power imparted to the pulley F. The device may be placed with the mirror horizontal or stand on the edge E D and the pivot T.

The colors are arranged as follows: Six

' equidistant colors of the solar spectrum-red,

R R R R R R R represent all gradations or values 3 of red from white to black. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y represent all values of yel- Serial No. 713,023. (No model.)

low, and the intermediate space will present similar gradations of the intermediate color orange.

The object of my invention is to provide a sphericalcolor-chartfor educational purposes. It is necessary or desirable in the study of colors to the best advantage to be able to present a sequence of colors as they exist in nature and to present to the eye an orderly arrangement of colors in a great variety of se-. quences. For instance, it is important to have a sequence of colors as they are found related in the spectrum and to have such a sequence in every value or gradation of colors and to have a sequence changing not only in color, but in value, at each successive stage. It is highly essential to have such sequences collected together in a single chart and closely related for convenience of comparison and easy reference. There is no other form than a sphere u pon the surface of which the chart can be spread to accomplish all of the required objects. In the first place there is displayed at the equator the spectrum colors of middle value in their natural order and forming an unbroken band, so that a continuous sequence is found in starting with either color.

Above the equator are the spectral bands of successively lighter value which exhibit the same features of an unbroken sequence and the same advantages as in the first. Likewise of the spectral bands of successively darker values below the equator. This arrangement of the spectral bands upon the through an opposite sequence back to white.

Many such spiral color sequences may be traced on the chart. The sequence being an unbroken course around the sphere, it may be started at any point and continued through two or more steps, as desired, and an endless variety of combinations may he obtained. The employment of the mirror enables the student to see complementary groups of colors and to complete any sequence at a glance.

The ability to mathematically indicate the location of any point or series of points upon the surface of a sphere enables one by means of my chart to communicate in Writing a precise color sequence which language is other- Wise wholly inadequate to do. The pupil is also able to verify or correct his recollection ,of color sequences observed in nature under color sequences and values at a glance,while the mirror presents simultaneously the opposite or complementary fields of color. If the sphere be revolved in this position, it presents a series of spectral bands about the neutral axis from White to black. If the sphere be removed from the disks J K and replaced on any other axis, it may be made to present a series perpendicular tothe axis joining any two chosen opposite colors or color-poles.

The rate of revolution will determine the merging and predominance of the colors.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be employed, I declare that What I claim is- 1. A color-sphere having displayed equatorially thereon the dominant colors of the spectrum, with intermediate series of said colors graduated therefrom toward the poles, to white and black respectively, and a complete color sequence between lightest and darkest value of any given color passing from one to the other pole of the sphere in a spiml path through all the dominant colors displayed.

2. A sphere displaying all gradations of color from white to black, and a. mount arranged to suspend a color-sphere so that it may be revolved on any chosen axis before the surface of a mirror in combination with a mirror, all constructed and operating substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT H. MUNSELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. Eownnns, A. E. DEAN. 

